Core indicators

Indicators

Eight indicators about Sweden's municipalities. Each has a verified definition, a named statistical producer and a documented comparability note. This page shows the national value for the indicator's standard period; municipal values are on each indicator page.

Demography
Demographic dependency ratio
Residents aged 0–19 plus 65 and older divided by residents aged 20–64.
Sweden
0.77ratio
Standard period
2025
Source: SCB · Unit: ratio
Open indicator
Labour market
Employment rate, foreign-born aged 20–64
Share of foreign-born registered residents aged 20–64 employed under BAS: wage income during November or income from active self-employment. Not the Labour Force Survey measure.
Sweden
70.4 %
Standard period
2024
Source: SCB · Unit: %
Open indicator
Education
Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational programmes (school municipality)
Eligible Year 9 pupils as a share of pupils who received or should have received a grade in at least one subject. School municipality is not residence municipality. Eligibility requires passing Swedish/Swedish as a second language, English, maths and five other subjects.
Sweden
83.5 %
Standard period
2026
Source: Skolverket · Unit: %
Open indicator
Safety
Reported violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants
Reported violent crimes (attempted murder/manslaughter, assault, rape, gross violation of a woman's integrity and gross violation of integrity, violence against a public official, robbery) per 100,000 inhabitants, by location of the offence.
Sweden
1,067/100k
Standard period
2025
Source: Brå · Unit: /100k
Open indicator
Welfare
Residents receiving social assistance during the year
Residents, including children, receiving social assistance at any point during the calendar year as a share of the population on 31 December. A person measure, not payments or the number of households.
Sweden
2.3 %
Standard period
2025
Source: Socialstyrelsen · Unit: %
Open indicator
Labour market
Residents aged 16–24 not in employment, education or training
Register-based measure for ages 16–24: no annual income above one base amount, no student aid or education registration, and no SFI study exceeding 60 hours. Earners in another Nordic country are excluded. Not synonymous with unemployment.
Sweden
6.2 %
Standard period
2024
Source: MUCF · Unit: %
Open indicator
Municipal finance
Municipal net income as a share of tax revenue and general grants
Annual net income divided by tax revenue, general government grants and equalisation, multiplied by 100. Refers to the municipality, not the consolidated municipal group.
Sweden
2.1 %
Standard period
2024
Source: SCB (räkenskapssammandraget) · Unit: %
Open indicator
Democracy
Voter turnout in municipal council elections
Valid and invalid votes in the municipal council election divided by eligible voters, multiplied by 100. This Kolada N05401 series is shown for the 2022 election, not the parliamentary election or 2026.
Sweden
80.0 %
Standard period
2022
Source: SCB (valdeltagandeundersökningen) · Unit: %
Open indicator

About the selection

The selection is deliberately small. Every indicator is bound to an active entry in the central indicator registry, so title, KPI ID and unit cannot drift apart. Indicators whose data file does not match its label are not published at all.